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D. TRAUM GUARD FORKNITTING NEEDLES Filed. Jan. 8, 1924 IN VE N TOR D. TPHUM WITNESSES A TTORNEYS Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES DAVID TRAUM, OF NEW YORK, Ni Y.

GUARD FOR KNITTING NEEDLES.

Application filed January 8, 1924. Serial No. 685,021.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID TRAUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhat- 5 tan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Guard for Knitting Needles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for knitting needles, and has particular reference'to a guard therefor.

In the making of beaded bags or other knitted articles it is highly desirable that when an incomplete piece of workis laid aside the stitches be prevented from accidentally slipping d the needle, otherwise one or more of the stitches may be dropped making it necessary to pick them up which is a rather difficult operation even for those who may be experienced in this work.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved guard of simple and inexpensive construction, which may be readily and quickly attached to a knitting needle adjacent one end thereof and which, when in position, will prevent the accidental detachment of a stitch or stitches from said end of the needle.

Another object is the provision of a guard of the above character, which may be attached to one end of a double-pointed needle while the other end is being used when knitting to protect the user against being injured by the first-named pointed end.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a knitting needle with guards attached to each end thereof and illustrating the manner in which these guards prevent ripping of the piece of work; I

Figure 2 is an.enlarged fragmentary elevation of a knitting needle showing the guard applied thereto in longitudinal section;

, Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure l is a perspective view of a guard showing the same applied to an end of a needle in such manner as to protectthe user.

In Figure 1 a double-pointed needle 5 is shown with a piece of work 6 thereon and upon each end of the needle there is illustrated one of the guards in the position the same is laced when it is desired to prevent stitches from being dropped from the needle. It W111, of course, be understood that the guard may be used in connection with other forms of needles having only single-pointed ends with a head at the other end, in which event only one of the guards need be employed for the pointed end.

The guard which comprises the essential features of the invention is preferably formed from a single length of resilient material which is stamped or otherwise bent intermediate its ends to form a bight portion or loop 7. The portions of the stampmg extending from the bight portion 7 converge to provide the cooperating clamping arms 8, the inner opposed surfaces of which form grooves 9. The inner ends of the grooves converge outwardly and terminate at their outer ends in portions which combine to form a channel or opening 10 of uniform diameter, said diameter preferably being slightly less than that of the needle 5 so that when a pointed end of the needle is inserted in the channel between the free ends of the clamping arms 8, said arms will be flexed. Thus the. inherent resiliency of the arms will cause the same to tightly engage the needle to minimize the possibility of accidental detachment of the guard from the needle. Should an extraordinarily large needle be used it will be apparent that, by reason of the converging portions of the grooves 9 when the needle is inserted into the guard and the arms 8 flexed, the walls of the grooves will have considerable bearing surface upon the needle at the r point adjacent the points where the converging portions of said grooves merge into the straight portions thereof.

To enable the guard to be mounted upon the ends of a needle a considerable distance from the point thereof the bight portion 7 is provided centrally thereof with an opening 11 arranged in longitudinal alignment with the channel 10 so that thepointed end of the needle may be projected through the 2 :5

opening 11, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2. However, when the guard is to be employed as a protective device against injury to the user of the needle, said guard is mounted upon a pointed end of the needle with the point arran ed short of the central portion of the big ht having the opening 11 therein, as illustrated in F1 ure 4. When in this position the point will e surrounded by the bight portion in such manner that the same will be prevented from accidentallypricking the user.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A guard for knitting needles formed of a single length of resilient material bent intermediate its ends to form a bight portion, and a pair of clamping arms which may be flexed apart to receive the end of a knitting needle therebetween and which engage said end to maintain said guard in position on the needle, said bight portion having a central opening through which said end of the needle may be is placed upon the needle.

2. A guard for knitting needles formed 20 of a single length of resilient material bent intermediate its ends to form a bight porti0n,fiand a pair of clamping arms which may be flexed apart to receive the end of a knitting needle therebetween, each of said clamping arms being curved to form, with the companion arm, a cylindrical channel portion having a substantially uniform diameter and having inner channel portions converging toward the central axis, said 30 bight portion having a central opening for receiving the end of the needle.

DAVID TRAUM.

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